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CBC
a day ago
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- CBC
New Christian school in central Newfoundland teaching alternate curriculum based on Bible
It's always busy at Rachel Mullett's house in Gander. With four children under age five, play time is all the time. The dynamic will change in September, though, when five-year-old Hudson goes off to kindergarten. He'll be one of the first students at the brand-new Crossroads Academy. "I'm looking forward to knowing what my book looks like and my pencil. I most like doing everything. Everything's just so exciting," he said. His new school is based at the local Pentecostal church, but it doesn't follow the same curriculum as the province's public schools. It uses an education program called Abeka, which comes from the United States and teaches based on a literal interpretation of the Bible. That means the school's students are taught the earth is 6,000 years old, it was created by God in six days and humans lived at the same time as dinosaurs. "The Abeka science and health program presents the universe as the direct, orderly, law-abiding creation of God and refutes the man-made idea of evolution," states the program's website. "Students are presented with plants, animals, rocks, elements, forces, the human body — and much more — according to an understanding of the design and laws of nature." The health program takes its teachings on homosexuality and adultery literally from the Bible as well. "Dr. Hugh Pyle discusses adultery, fornication, and homosexuality as they are presented in the Bible and explains their results," says a summary of Abeka's sexual education textbook Sex, Love, and Romance: Sex education from the Bible. "The book also details God's plan concerning purity and marriage and the consequences of disobeying his moral commands in these areas." Angela Hodder, one of the founders of the Crossroads Academy, says it has proven to be a curriculum that's entirely biblical based. "Even the math. If you look at the math book, it ties in biblical concepts. It teaches the children all the concepts they need to know, but it ties in that Christian part of it. The biblical aspect of it," said Hodder. She said they want parents to have "another option." "People don't always want to maybe send their children to a public school," she said. "With the class sizes and different other things." So far, only six students are registered for the coming year, but the new school is accepting kids from kindergarten to Grade 6. Tuition is $5,400 per year, and the organizers are hoping to expand the school to include students up to high school. But it's not clear what that would mean for the students at Crossroads. The provincial government says all schools must meet the same educational standards in order for students to graduate. If they don't, they won't receive an official diploma. The Education Department specifies that students who complete Grades 10 to 12 under the Abeka system won't qualify. For Mullett — who was raised in Ontario's Christian schools — both the curriculum and the cost of sending four kids to the school makes sense. "I don't think that science and faith conflict each other at all," she said. "Everyone sees the world through a lens and so the way we see the world is through a Christian lens. And I think science and God can actually complement each other very well. So we will be teaching science while looking for God throughout everything we're teaching them in the scientific field."
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
New Christian school in central N.L. teaching alternate curriculum based on Bible
It's always busy at Rachel Mullett's house in Gander. With four children under age five, play time is all the time. The dynamic will change in September, though, when five-year-old Hudson goes off to kindergarten. He'll be one of the first students at the brand-new Crossroads Academy. "I'm looking forward to knowing what my book looks like and my pencil. I most like doing everything. Everything's just so exciting," he said. His new school is based at the local Pentecostal church, but it doesn't follow the same curriculum as the province's public schools. It uses an education program called Abeka, which comes from the United States and teaches based on a literal interpretation of the Bible. That means the school's students are taught the earth is 6,000 years old, it was created by God in six days and humans lived at the same time as dinosaurs. "The Abeka science and health program presents the universe as the direct, orderly, law-abiding creation of God and refutes the man-made idea of evolution," states the program's website. "Students are presented with plants, animals, rocks, elements, forces, the human body — and much more — according to an understanding of the design and laws of nature." The health program takes its teachings on homosexuality and adultery literally from the Bible as well. "Dr. Hugh Pyle discusses adultery, fornication, and homosexuality as they are presented in the Bible and explains their results," says a summary of Abeka's sexual education textbook Sex, Love, and Romance: Sex education from the Bible. "The book also details God's plan concerning purity and marriage and the consequences of disobeying his moral commands in these areas." Angela Hodder, one of the founders of the Crossroads Academy, says it has proven to be a curriculum that's entirely biblical based. "Even the math. If you look at the math book, it ties in biblical concepts. It teaches the children all the concepts they need to know, but it ties in that Christian part of it. The biblical aspect of it," said Hodder. She said they want parents to have "another option." "People don't always want to maybe send their children to a public school," she said. "With the class sizes and different other things." So far, only six students are registered for the coming year, but the new school is accepting kids from kindergarten to Grade 6. Tuition is $5,400 per year, and the organizers are hoping to expand the school to include students up to high school. But it's not clear what that would mean for the students at Crossroads. The provincial government says all schools must meet the same educational standards in order for students to graduate. If they don't, they won't receive an official diploma. The Education Department specifies that students who complete Grades 10 to 12 under the Abeka system won't qualify. For Mullett — who was raised in Ontario's Christian schools — both the curriculum and the cost of sending four kids to the school makes sense. "I don't think that science and faith conflict each other at all," she said. "Everyone sees the world through a lens and so the way we see the world is through a Christian lens. And I think science and God can actually complement each other very well. So we will be teaching science while looking for God throughout everything we're teaching them in the scientific field." Download our free CBC News app to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Sign up for our daily headlines newsletter here. Click here to visit our landing page.
CBC
a day ago
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- CBC
New Christian school in central N.L. teaching alternate curriculum based on Bible
It's always busy at Rachel Mullett's house in Gander. With four children under age five, play time is all the time. The dynamic will change in September, though, when five-year-old Hudson goes off to kindergarten. He'll be one of the first students at the brand-new Crossroads Academy. "I'm looking forward to knowing what my book looks like and my pencil. I most like doing everything. Everything's just so exciting," he said. His new school is based at the local Pentecostal church, but it doesn't follow the same curriculum as the province's public schools. It uses an education program called Abeka, which comes from the United States and teaches based on a literal interpretation of the Bible. That means the school's students are taught the earth is 6,000 years old, it was created by God in six days and humans lived at the same time as dinosaurs. "The Abeka science and health program presents the universe as the direct, orderly, law-abiding creation of God and refutes the man-made idea of evolution," states the program's website. "Students are presented with plants, animals, rocks, elements, forces, the human body — and much more — according to an understanding of the design and laws of nature." The health program takes its teachings on homosexuality and adultery literally from the Bible as well. "Dr. Hugh Pyle discusses adultery, fornication, and homosexuality as they are presented in the Bible and explains their results," says a summary of Abeka's sexual education textbook Sex, Love, and Romance: Sex education from the Bible. "The book also details God's plan concerning purity and marriage and the consequences of disobeying his moral commands in these areas." Angela Hodder, one of the founders of the Crossroads Academy, says it has proven to be a curriculum that's entirely biblical based. "Even the math. If you look at the math book, it ties in biblical concepts. It teaches the children all the concepts they need to know, but it ties in that Christian part of it. The biblical aspect of it," said Hodder. She said they want parents to have "another option." "People don't always want to maybe send their children to a public school," she said. "With the class sizes and different other things." So far, only six students are registered for the coming year, but the new school is accepting kids from kindergarten to Grade 6. Tuition is $5,400 per year, and the organizers are hoping to expand the school to include students up to high school. But it's not clear what that would mean for the students at Crossroads. The provincial government says all schools must meet the same educational standards in order for students to graduate. If they don't, they won't receive an official diploma. The Education Department specifies that students who complete Grades 10 to 12 under the Abeka system won't qualify. For Mullett — who was raised in Ontario's Christian schools — both the curriculum and the cost of sending four kids to the school makes sense. "I don't think that science and faith conflict each other at all," she said. "Everyone sees the world through a lens and so the way we see the world is through a Christian lens. And I think science and God can actually complement each other very well. So we will be teaching science while looking for God throughout everything we're teaching them in the scientific field."
The Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Harrowing moment pastor dies in middle of livestreamed service after dropping to knees for passionate sermon
A PASTOR'S devastating final moments were caught on camera as he collapsed and died in the middle of a service. Pastor Sérgio Carvinho was about 16 minutes into his sermon when he dropped to his knees to recite a passionate passage. 4 4 However, the 47-year-old quickly fell silent and failed to get to his feet again. Pastor Carvinho collapsed and died at the God Is Love Pentecostal Church in Caxias do Sul, southern Brazil, on May 31. He was invited to the church as a guest speaker. A nurse and a nursing student in the congregation provided first aid until an ambulance arrived, as reported by NeedToKnow. The student, who wished to remain anonymous, told local media, 'We did our part to save his life. 'Everything seemed normal while he was preaching. He was telling a story about his father, and I think he got very emotional. 'We don't know if he had an underlying heart issue or not. 'Tests will confirm whether he had a heart attack or something similar.' She added, 'We were very excited because we were waiting for him to come to our hometown. 'He was a very humble person who preached the truth.' Tragic beauty influencer murdered on TikTok stream as she's shot dead by motorbike gunmen in drive-by shooting on salon His late father was also a pastor. A church spokesperson said, 'Pastor Sérgio Carvinho was an instrument of God on this earth, bringing comfort, hope and love through the Word." 'His voice, which so often filled this place with songs of worship, now joins the heavenly choir." 'We will miss the sound of his voice, his prayers, his teachings, and the praise that flowed from his soul.' Pastor Sérgio Carvinho was an instrument of God on this earth, bringing consolation, hope and love through the Word and praise. His voice, which so often filled this place with songs of worship, now joins the heavenly choir. We will miss the sound of his voice, his prayers, his teachings and the praise that sprouted from his soul Congregations of the Pentecostal Church God is Love in Santa Catarina Witnesses said that in his final moments, Pastor Carvinho knelt in prayer in front of the church, just as he had done many times before, Diário Independente reported. It was a quiet, familiar gesture that marked the end of a life spent preaching the Gospel. Several congregations of the Pentecostal Church God is Love in Santa Catarina, including those in Criciúma, Bombinhas, and Ratones in Florianópolis, shared tributes in honor of the pastor, Metropoles reported. "Pastor Sérgio Carvinho was an instrument of God on this earth, bringing consolation, hope and love through the Word and praise," one note said. "His voice, which so often filled this place with songs of worship, now joins the heavenly choir. "We will miss the sound of his voice, his prayers, his teachings and the praise that sprouted from his soul," Pastor Carvinho was one half of the Christian sertanejo duo Rogério Marques and Serginho, known for their faith-based music. The duo released their album Rapture in September 2021. Pastor Carvinho was married and the owner of a decorative store in Turvo. He was laid to rest at the Rodeio da Areia Cemetery in his hometown of Turvo on Monday morning. The authorities have yet to confirm the exact cause of his death.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Detention, pressure, threats — US pastor in Ukraine tells the Kyiv Independent about his encounter with Russians
Dmytro Bodyu, a U.S. citizen and the pastor of the "Word of Life" Pentecostal Church in Russian-occupied Melitopol, was detained by Russians in March 2022. During his detention, he was accused of working for the CIA and received death threats from the Russian military. Only an intervention by the U.S. State Department saved him. "On the morning of March 19, several military vehicles and a couple of civilian cars stopped outside our home. Around 15 Russian soldiers were in full gear, wearing balaclavas and carrying shields... They treated me like a Mexican drug lord. They jumped over the fence, went through neighboring yards, and entered from all sides at once," Bodyu recalls in an in-depth interview for the Kyiv Independent's new investigative documentary "No God But Theirs." The pastor and his family were warned by the U.S. Embassy and given advice to leave Melitopol one month before the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine started. But Bodyu decided he could not abandon his Church. During his detention, Russian special services repeatedly accused him of working for the CIA and demanded that he disclose his call sign and his "handler from Langley," he says. "It felt like being in a psychiatric ward — you're an absolutely normal, healthy person, but they try to convince you that you're a schizophrenic, you just don't know it, and that soon you'll realize you're exactly where you should be," Bodyu recalls. Meanwhile, Russian soldiers threatened to kill him. They took whatever they wanted. There are no laws; nothing functions in the occupied territories. "The soldiers said: 'We have orders to shoot you. Now, we will question you. We know who you are, what you are. You're a CIA employee, a spy. You gave away our positions, our people died because of you. You led protests in the city, you're giving money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, you lead the partisans here' — things like that," the pastor says. After eight days, his time in detention was cut short. Read also: Russia's persecution of Ukrainian clergy is part of an organized genocidal campaign "We had an interrogation (with an FSB operative) during the day, and in the evening, he comes in and says, 'Well, that's it, you're going home.' And I'm like, 'What do you mean? That's unexpected.' He says, 'It was unexpected for us too, believe me.' I ask, 'So who decided I should go home?' He says, 'They decided up top.' I say, 'What do you mean? God decided?' He says, 'No, Moscow decided to release you.'" After his release, Bodyu and his family left Melitopol. They are now living near Kyiv. In Melitopol, his Pentecostal Church "Word of Life" was officially banned by the Russian occupation authorities a day after Christmas — on Dec. 26, 2022. The Church's building is now occupied by a department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Russian authorities also confiscated all of Bodyu's businesses (he owned seven cafes and restaurants in Melitopol). "I call them pirates. That's what they are — pirates. They took whatever they wanted. There are no laws; nothing functions in the occupied territories." Bodyu says. In the investigative documentary "No God But Theirs," the Kyiv Independent's journalists also identified several officials implicated in the persecution of Ukrainian Christians in Melitopol. Besides Dmytro Bodyu's Church, the Russian-occupation authorities also banned several other Churches — Melitopol's largest Protestant Church "New Generation," the Baptist Church "Grace" and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church subordinated to the Vatican. They were stripped of all property, and their buildings now housed different Russian institutions. We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
